Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 34, nays 65, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 23 Leg.] YEAS--34 Akaka Alexander Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cardin Casey Collins Durbin Feinstein Gillibrand Inouye Johnson (SD) Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Mikulski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Snowe Stabenow Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--65 Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Cantwell Carper Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Franken Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Lee Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Moran Murkowski Murray Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shaheen Shelby Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--1 Kerry The motion was rejected. Amendment No. 80, as Modified The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 80, as modified. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to. The amendment (No. 80), as modified, was agreed to.”